
The Journal of Social and Economic Development is a high quality peer reviewed multidisciplinary Journal in social sciences that focuses on critical issues affecting the transformation of the economy, polity and society. It is the official journal of the Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bengaluru, which is a multidisciplinary social science research institute of repute in India. The journal covers key disciplines like Economics (including agricultural economics, environmental economics, economics of education and urban economics), Political Science, Sociology, Demography and Development studies. The Journal is open to both original research articles as well as scholarly review papers. Though the Journal does not solicit book reviews, scholars are free to submit reviews of books of academic significance.
The journal strives to bring new research insights into the process of development from an interdisciplinary perspective. It has established itself as a forum for rigorous analysis of development issues, for scholars in social sciences. The journal welcomes articles, both empirical as well as those of a more analytical and conceptual nature. In addition to its focus on India, contributions to the Journal cover other developing nations as well. It is an important source of ideas relating to developmental issues not only for the research community but also for policy makers interested in evidence based policy analysis.
The journal is published bi-annually in January and June.
- Provides a forum for interdisciplinary research in various disciplines of social sciences
- Encourages both theoretical and rigorous empirical contributions focusing on a broader perspective
- Presents an international editorial board with experts from various disciplines of social sciences
Journal information
- Editor-in-Chief
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- S. Madheswaran
- Managing Editors
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- Meenakshi Rajeev,
- T.S. Syamala
- Publishing model
- Hybrid (Transformative Journal). Learn about publishing Open Access with us
Journal metrics
- 74 days
- Submission to first decision
- 173 days
- Submission to acceptance
- 118,636 (2020)
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Latest issue
Latest articles
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A tale of fish in two cities: consumption patterns of low-income households in South India
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Review on basic income (BI): its theories and empirical cases
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
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Journal updates
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COVID-19 and impact on peer review
As a result of the significant disruption that is being caused by the COVID-19 pandemic we are very aware that many researchers will have difficulty in meeting the timelines associated with our peer review process during normal times. Please do let us know if you need additional time. Our systems will continue to remind you of the original timelines but we intend to be highly flexible at this time.
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Special Issue on Ageing in Asia
David Bloom, Harvard University, US
KS James, International Institute for Population Sciences, India
Lekha Subaiya, Institute for Social and Economic Change, India
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Special Issue on Gujarat Development: Retrospect and Prospect
Guest Editor: Leela Visaria, Former Director and Honorary Professor, Gujarat Institute of Development Research, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
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Announcing a Special Issue on COVID-19 Pandemic in India: Response of State, Markets and Civil Society
Guest Editor: Aseem Prakash, Professor and Chairperson, School of Public Policy and Governance, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Hyderabad. E-mail: aseemprakash@gmail.com
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About this journal
- Electronic ISSN
- 2199-6873
- Print ISSN
- 0972-5792
- Abstracted and indexed in
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- Australian Business Deans Council (ABDC) Journal Quality List
- CAB Abstracts
- CNKI
- Dimensions
- EBSCO Discovery Service
- EconLit
- Emerging Sources Citation Index
- Google Scholar
- Institute of Scientific and Technical Information of China
- Naver
- OCLC WorldCat Discovery Service
- ProQuest-ExLibris Primo
- ProQuest-ExLibris Summon
- Research Papers in Economics (RePEc)
- TD Net Discovery Service
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